LAST Sunday, the Guyana Wado-Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) held its first grading exercise for the year with the testing of 43 students from its 4 dojos – Mae’s School, Subryanville, Eccles Primary School and Farm East Bank Essequibo – at Banks DIH Sports Club under the supervision of 5th Dan Sensei Winston Dunbar.

Exceptional performances came from Riley Nurse, Sadelle Britton, Aditya Mohanlall and Jason Roopchand of Mae’s dojo, all of whom skipped from 3rd kyu to 1st kyu.
The lone  1st degree (Junior) black belt was awarded to Devindra Krishnalall of the Eccles dojo and in total, one student was promoted to junior black belt (shodan), six were promoted to brown belt (1st kyu), one was promoted to brown belt (2nd kyu), five to brown belt (3rd kyu),  four to green belt (4th kyu), nine to green belt (5th kyu), six to green belt (6th kyu) and 11 to yellow belt (7th kyu).